Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has adopted Barauliya village in Amethi, the Parliamentary constituency of Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi, under Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana. Former Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar is a Rajya Sabha member from Uttar Pradesh. HRD Minister Smriti Irani, who unsuccessfully contested against Rahul Gandhi, has maintained an active relationship with the constituency with her regular visits. She is scheduled to visit Amethi again on September 20 to distribute 50,000 fruit-bearing trees among the villagers.
Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
- The programme was launched by thePrime Minister of India, Narendra Modi on the birth anniversary of Jayaprakash Narayan, on 11 October 2014.
- Under this scheme, each member of parliament needs to choose one village each from the constituency that they represent, fix parameters and make it a model village by 2016.
- Villages will be offered smart schools, universal access to basic health facilities and housing to homeless villagers.
- Under the scheme, Narendra Modi has adopted Jayapur village from his constituency Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.
- Sachin Tendulkar adopted Puttamraju vari Kandriga(P.R.Kandriga) a village near Gudur in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh.
- Rahul Gandhi adopted Deeh village in his constituency Amethi in Uttar Pradesh.
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